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Serious B757 crash in North Lanarkshire on 10 April 1992 at 12:20 involving a Bedford

A Bedford and a Volkswagen Jetta were involved in a crash on the B757 in North Lanarkshire at 12:20 on Friday 10 April 1992. The 66-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Jetta was seriously injured and the 21-year-old male driver of the Bedford was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Apr 1992
Friday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Bedford and Volkswagen Jetta
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90764, longitude -4.11313, in the G69 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199297DC02004
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
757
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Jetta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199297DC02004 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lanarkshire road accident statistics for 1992.